The NBA preseason officially begins with media day, as all the teams send their stars and lesser known players to smile and take pictures. It’s always interesting to see the teams that went through the big changes, like the Cleveland Cavaliers, delivering the newest version of the LeBron James big three, with Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love.

But there are also the Los Angeles Lakers with Kobe Bryant in the center of it all, as usual. The Chicago Bulls, hoping that Derrick Rose stays healthy. And teams like the Philadelphia 76ers, who keep presenting some sort of bright future, crossing their fingers that all their hoarding of draft picks pans out.

Brooklyn Nets

The Nets made the conference semifinals after a 44-38 regular season. New head coach, old team with less talent. Just making the postseason will be success, but even that might not happen considering the injury risk factor.

Charlotte Hornets

Made the playoffs for only the second time under the Jordan regime only to be knocked out quickly by the Miami Heat. Should do better this year with Stephenson, aiming to maybe take advantage of the power vacuum left by Miami.

Chicago Bulls

Lost in the first round of the playoffs to the Wizards last season. The assumption is that if Derrick Rose is healthy all season long, this team is worth at least making it to the conference finals with Gasol, Mirotic and McDermott joining the team.

Houston Rockets

A 54-28 season was wasted by getting knocked out in the first round by the Blazers. No more Lin or Parsons might not be good for the Rockets this season, but the expectations from inside the ball club are the same.

Indiana Pacers

The team got downgraded this summer after finishing with a 56-26 record last season, once again losing in the conference finals. With no Paul George and losing Lance Stephenson, just making the playoffs will be a huge success.

Memphis Grizzlies

Not a lot has changed from the team that went 50-32 last season but was knocked out in the first round of the postseason by the Thunder. If Gasol is healthy for the entire year, there’s nothing to worry about, although offense remains a problem.

Miami Heat

Finished at 54-28 last season, making a fourth consecutive NBA finals, losing to the Spurs. No LeBron James, lower expectations, and maybe the most intriguing team to watch for early in the year because they should still be very good, but different.

New York Knicks

Only 37-45 last season, which meant Anthony missing the playoffs for the first time in his career. They changed their coach and have Phil Jackson overseeing from above, but they didn’t actually get better.

Portland Trail Blazers

Finished 54-28 and got back into the playoffs last season. Made the conference semifinals and expect the same this year, but it’s not easy without actually upgrading the team and still having a bad bench.

Sacramento Kings

The Kings were only 28-54 last season despite not being in actual rebuild. This season? There’s offensive talent in abundance, but it’ll only become playoff or close to that if they can start playing some defense.